14th Annual Irvine Global Village Festival This Saturday

It's that time of year again. That time of year when the master-planned, vanilla-flavored utopia we call Irvine hosts its annual Irvine Global Village Festival. It will be held this Saturday, September 26th, at Bill Barber Park from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

It's the 14th year for the event and just like every year, admission is free, but you can't park near the place. Food tasting tickets are available for purchase at the event. Tickets are $1 each; with tasting prices ranging from 1 to 3 tickets per item.

Along with over 40 food vendors from all over So. Cal, there will be music, there will be dance, there will be fun.

Edwin Goei was born on the island of Java, grew up in La Habra, studied in Irvine, and eats everywhere. Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, he went by the alias "elmomonster" on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.